Sentence examples for be discouraging from inspiring English sources

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be discouraging

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To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.

  • Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.

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"It can be discouraging as an LGBT — well, as a human being — this last year, it's been difficult..

The problem can be discouraging.

But I don't want to be discouraging.

That, Professor Gino wrote, can be "discouraging, demoralizing and baffling".

It can be discouraging for many of them.

It's grinding, and at times it can be discouraging.

It has to be discouraging to have to teach to a test and a set curriculum.

That could be discouraging for a young player; all three Yankees are All-Stars.

It had to be discouraging to a player like Jim Thome.

Worse, low interest rates may themselves be discouraging consumers from opening up their wallets.

Frank Dobson, the health secretary, is worried that this shift may be discouraging some suitable applicants.

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